would you trade lives?
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a profession in one country

life as a firefighter in Italy

1 stranger working as firefighter in Italy have shared an anonymous fragment of their life. Average happiness 8.0 / 10, average stress 7.0 / 10. 53% of voters would trade lives with one of them; 29% would not.

fewer than 5 fragments — averages may not be representative.

averages across this group

1
lives
8.0/ 10
happiness
7.0/ 10
stress
6.9h/ night
sleep
25h/ week
free time
$3,983/ month
avg income

how strangers vote on these lives

would trade53%
would not trade29%
unsure18%

133 voices

how this group feels to strangers

  • enviable9
  • meaningful7
  • peaceful7
  • chaotic6
  • stable5
  • lonely3

one firefighter in Italy has shared an anonymous fragment of their life. the sample is small — read the numbers below as suggestive, not definitive.

asked whether they would trade lives with firefighters in Italy, 133 strangers have answered. the result is narrowly yes — slightly more strangers would trade in than not: 53% would trade, 29% would not, 18% are unsure.

compared with firefighters worldwide, firefighters in Italy are happier by 1.3 points on the 1–10 scale and more envied by 5 percentage points in the trade-or-not vote.

compared with everyone else in Italy, firefighters in Italy are happier by 1.2 points on the 1–10 scale, more stressed by 1.2 points, and less envied by 6 percentage points in the trade-or-not vote.

how this compares

  • vs all firefighters globally
    happiness +1.3stress +0.3would-trade +5.0pp
  • vs all lives in Italy
    happiness +1.2stress +1.2would-trade -6.0pp

fragments